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To every problem there is—or should be—an elegant solution. Napa, California’s Oxbow RiverStage represents one such solution, while the XTA MX36 is another, and it’s only fitting that they would…
A name so synonymous with the world of dance music and the club scene needs minimal introduction. However, a little context is always good, so let’s go back to September…
With perfect weather conditions for this year’s 200k+ visitors to occupy the 900 acre site at Worthy Farm, if it was your first time, then you picked a good year! …
Cork is in fact the Irish city of the title, and the venue in question is the venerable Opera House, right in the centre of the city on the banks…
Continuing our tour around Malta has to offer, we cover four more of the top picks using the best in amplification and processing. Blue Beach Club: Dine Dance, Repeat…
It’s a well-known fact that to secure the best acts and DJs, you need a stunning venue. If you haven’t got a stunning venue, you at least need an amazing…
It seems to be happening all across the States – one festival after another, one underground event at a time. If you want the highest performing audio that will just…
Spanning the entire weekend and broadcasting live for a large percentage of it, the BBC’s coverage from Cafe Mambo is arguably a labour of love for all those involved in…
Explaining what Z-Bau is to visitors can prove tricky. To call it a venue or a bar or a club is to do it a disservice. To call it an…
Western civilisation has always looked East as far as the dramatic arts is concerned, and the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre of Japan might seem like a very short…
When Lux Fragil opened its doors back in 1999, it transformed the listed building along the Lisbon docklands from a sadly underused shipping silo into the top nightclub in the…
Way back in 1995, the bosses at BBC Radio One gave the go ahead to what would become a legendary yearly pilgrimage to the summer dance capital that is Ibiza….
Easily the biggest and most anticipated opening party on the White Isle, the first night of the new Space season is always a big event. This year it’s been fueled…
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts was founded by Mark Featherstone-Witty and Sir Paul McCartney in 1996. Based in the original Liverpool Institute, built in 1825, it was given a…
With their new album Mylo Xyloto having already hit the number one spot in 19 countries, Coldplay are promoting it with live dates throughout the rest of 2011 and into…
Rocket research isn’t something you might associate with professional audio but when you are firing people into space, you need to check your ship is up to the job. Obviously…
After a fallow year, Glastonbury is back on top form and both MC2 and XTA played their part in making it the biggest and best yet. With XTA headlining on…
Way back last century, when the Rolling Stones were younger than they are now (!), they made a decision that, indirectly, was to change the face of professional audio for…
The Alios Iwaki Performing Arts Centre is a newly built multipurpose city hall in Iwaki, Japan. The word ALIOS stands for Art, Life, Information, Oasis and Sightseeing. The sound system…
Nu metal rap rockers Linkin Park unleashed their third studio album Minutes to Midnight in May 2007. It sold more than 600,000 copies in the first week and went straight…
During the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the beautiful church of St George’s West becomes The World@St George’s West, opening its doors and welcoming in the colour and vitality of traditional dance…
When Barcelona-based sound contractor and XTA distributor Adagio SA was commissioned to design the audio system for the 4,000-capacity B3 multi-room dance venue in Dos Hermanas (near Seville), the demanding…
Returning to the Royal Albert Hall at the beginning of the year for another successful run, Raymond Gubbay’s production of Tosca, included a sound design that once again benefited from…
When Jeff Woodford of NBS Audio provided his NineBar Sound System to Pineapple Tribe, a DJ collective whose members play a wide range of styles – including dub reggae, breakbeat,…
Pigeon Detectives kicked off their UK tour with tracks from their new album ‘Emergency’ and, with XTA digital signal processing an integral part of WE Audio’s PA system, the band’s…
US rockers, Queens of the Stone Age, enjoyed tremendous exposure at the end of last year following their extraordinary one-off gig in an East German salt mine. But getting the…
XTA Electronics recently supplied their Japanese distributor, Otaritec Corporation, with a number of 4 Series controllers for the newly refurbished sound system at Pacifico Yokohama. Pacifico Yokohama is a Convention…
Northwind Recording appointed Gearhouse South Africa to team up, design and supply the largest ever line array PA system to date to be used in the country, for the 3…
Australian manufacturer Audinate developed its Dante plug-and-play solution for transporting digital multimedia in 2006, and it has already attracted a number of well-known manufacturers to become licensees, including the likes…
Despite only just shipping, the DP548 – XTA’s new flagship loudspeaker management and dynamics processor – is already hard at work in Space. Space Sharm El Sheikh that is, Egypt’s…
Shakira is no stranger to the UAE, having performed here on at least two previous occasions, but it was her first time to the Yas Arena. She may measure less…
The Chemical Brothers are without doubt one of the most successful electronic acts to come out of the UK. With a career spanning two decades, Manchester’s Tom Rowlands amd Ed…
She’s been compared to Alanis Morissette and Melissa Etheridge and she has a huge following in the Netherlands, but Anouk Teeuwe (more commonly known by the mononym – Anouk) is…
XTA is proud to be part of Rome’s newest multi-functional entertainment and conference venue – Spazio Novecento! Spazio Novecento or Space 900, is located south of the city centre in…
